It seems that I have nothing coming out of my Gen, according to my voltmeter it is making next to nothing, any suggestions on what I might start looking at, the brushes seem fine, is the next step to do a continuity test on the windings? The stator does not look all chewed up. I tempoarily swithed generators to a 30 model and that one seems to be putting out more power than I could ever possibly use but the pully on the front is different and comes way to close to my fan blade, are there differences between a 29 and 30 Gen that I am not seeing?? I see that the regulator faces a different way but I was assuming that the cases were the same and that everything should be interchangeable between the two, is this correct?

Hi, Let's do some tests. Remove the fan belt, disconnect the Arm wire from the end of the cut-out, touch this wire to the other end of the cut-out. This should make the generator run slowly, but like an electric motor. If it runs, most likely the problem is electrical further up the line. If it doesn't run the most likely cause is the generator.

Thanks for the tip and I will definately do that but it will have to wait until Sun. as it is late now and I am going out all day tomm. I will get back to you though on Sun, its amazing how far experience goes and thanks again. I just want to be clear on what exactely you mean, I understand remove the fan belt, which is the arm wire, I assume this is the wire coming from my harness from the battery, is that correct? I have never heard of doing this and I never would have considered that it would turn the generator but I guess now that I think about it why not.

You say if it does not turn that it is prob. the gen. itself, what do you suggest next? How can I diagnose further to see what may be the problem? Not in any rush here I just know that the first procedure will take about 5 minutes and I would like to progress a little further on Sun. I am hoping that that tech section of this forum will be a good place to learn from, only tonight did I get my papers from my friend to join this club again and am hoping that I can have access to all that is avail. as soon as possible. I am eager to learn from guys like you that have the experience.

Both the 1929 and the 1930 generators are the same....Model 943-J. The 1929 generator pulley is slightly different than the 1930 generator pulley, but they are interchangeable.

For 1929 and 1930, the cut-out sits on top of the generator in a parallel position with the generator case. If your cut-out sits on top of the generator perpendicular to the generator case then it is a 1928 generator.

To make the generator motor, after you remove the fan belt, remove the one wire coming out of the generator that goes to the cut-out and touch it to the other wire on the opposite end of the cut-out that goes to the battery. However, even if the generator does motor, the armature could still be defective.

I see there is a tech talk area on this forum and will research that for my answers. I did not know that and see alot of good info.